Abstract
Due to the massive amount of cement manufactured its widespread use as a binder leads to global warming, which can be mitigated by substituting supplementary cementitious material for cement. This experimental study describes the characteristics of a stable and high strength quaternary binder matrix made up of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS), Metakaolin (MK) and lime powder. The quaternary binder system is a combination of GGBS ranges from 30 to 40 %, Metakaolin varies from 5 to 15% and 5% of lime powder at a constant rate. At 3,7,14, and 28 days of curing, hardened paste specimens were tested for compressive strength by IS516 (1964). Microstructural properties of 7 and 28 days cured samples were studied using analytical techniques such as X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The test sample of the highest percentage of GGBS mix obtained the greatest compressive strength of 54.13 MPa at 28 days of curing.
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